10 U.S.C. § 2880: Unit size and type

§2880 Unit Size and Type

Title 10 › Subtitle A — General Military Law › PART IV — SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROPERTY › CHAPTER 169 — MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING › SUBCHAPTER IV — ALTERNATIVE AUTHORITY FOR ACQUISITION AND IMPROVEMENT OF MILITARY HOUSING › § 2880

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary concerned must make sure the room layouts and sizes of military family housing and military unaccompanied housing built or bought under this subchapter are generally similar to comparable housing in the local area. The limits on space tied to pay grade in sections 2826 and 2856 do not apply to housing acquired or constructed under this subchapter.

Title 10, §2880

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(a)Conformity With Similar Housing Units in Locale.—

The Secretary concerned shall ensure that the room patterns and floor areas of military family housing units and military unaccompanied housing units acquired or constructed under this subchapter are generally comparable to the room patterns and floor areas of similar housing units in the locality concerned.

(b)Inapplicability of Limitations on Space by Pay Grade.—

section 2826 and 2856 of this title shall not apply to military family housing or military unaccompanied housing units acquired or constructed under this subchapter.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2006—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 109–364 substituted “section 2826 and 2856” for “(1) section 2826”, inserted “or military unaccompanied housing” after “military family housing”, and struck out par. (2) which read as follows: “The

Regulations

prescribed under section 2856 of this title shall not apply to any military unaccompanied housing unit acquired or constructed under this subchapter.” 2003—Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 108–136 struck out “unless the unit is located on a military installation” before period at end.